page_title: Clematis
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Clematis / Taxonomy / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Achenes of Clematis dioica. In Santa Rosa National Park, Guanacaste Province, northwestern Costa Rica.
context_page_description: Clematis
  is a genus of about 300 species within the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Their garden hybrids have been popular among gardeners, beginning with Clematis × jackmanii, a garden standby since 1862; more hybrid cultivars are being produced constantly. They are mainly of Chinese and Japanese origin. Most species are known as clematis in English, while some are also known as traveller's joy, a name invented for the sole British native, C. vitalba, by the herbalist John Gerard; virgin's bower for C. terniflora, C. virginiana, and C. viticella; old man's beard, applied to several with prominent seedheads; leather flower for those with fleshy petals; or vase vine for the North American Clematis viorna.
context_section_description: A partial list of species:
  Clematis addisonii Britt. – Addison's leather flower
  Clematis albicoma Wherry – whitehair leather flower
  Clematis alpina (L.) Mill. – alpine clematis
  Clematis aristata R.Br. ex Ker Gawl. – Australian clematis
  Clematis armandii  – Armand clematis
  Clematis baldwinii Torr. & A.Gray  – pine hyacinth
  Clematis bigelovii Torr. – Bigelow clematis
  Clematis brachiata Thunb. – traveller's joy
  Clematis campaniflora Brot. – Portuguese clematis
  Clematis catesbyana  – satin curls
  Clematis chinensis Osbeck – wei ling xian in Chinese (Chinese: 威靈仙; pinyin: Wei ling xian)
  Clematis chrysocoma Franch. – gold wool clematis
  Clematis cirrhosa L. – includes the 'Freckles', 'Wisley Cream', and 'Jingle Bells' cultivars
  Clematis cirrhosa v. balearica  (Balearic Islands)
  Clematis coactilis (Fern.) Keener – Virginia whitehair leather flower
  Clematis columbiana (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray – British Columbia virgin's bower
  Clematis crispa L. – swamp leather flower
  Clematis cunninghamii
  Clematis dioica L. – cabellos de angel
  Clematis drummondii Torr. & A.Gray – Drummond clematis
  Clematis durandii
  Clematis fawcettii F.Muell.
  Clematis flammula L. – fragrant virgin's bower
  Clematis florida Thunb. – Asian clematis
  Clematis fremontii S.Watson  – Fremont's leather flower
  Clematis glaucophylla Small – whiteleaf leather flower
  Clematis glycinoides DC. – headache vine
  Clematis gouriana – Indian traveller's joy
  Clematis henryi Oliv.
  Clematis hirsutissima Pursh  – hairy clematis
  Clematis hedysarifolia DC.
  Clematis integrifolia L.
  Clematis ispahanica Bioss
  Clematis × jackmanii T.Moore – Jackman's clematis
  Clematis koreana Kom. – Korean clematis
  Clematis lanuginosa Lindl. & Paxton
  Clematis lasiantha Nutt. – pipestem clematis
  Clematis leptophylla (F.Muell. ex Benth.) H.Eichler
  Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt. – western white clematis, hierba de chivo
  Clematis macropetala Ledeb. – downy clematis
  Clematis mandshurica
  Clematis marmoraria Sneddon – New Zealand dwarf clematis
  Clematis microphylla DC. – small-leaved clematis
  Clematis montana Buch.-Ham. ex DC. – anemone clematis
  Clematis morefieldii Kral – Huntsville vasevine
  Clematis napaulensis DC.
  Clematis occidentalis (Hornem.) DC. – western blue virginsbower
  Clematis ochroleuca Ait. – curlyheads
  Clematis orientalis L. – Chinese clematis
  Clematis palmeri Rose – Palmer clematis
  Clematis paniculata J.F.Gmel. – puawhananga
  Clematis patens C.Morren & Decne.
  Clematis pauciflora Nutt. – ropevine clematis
  Clematis pickeringii A.Gray
  Clematis pitcheri Torr. & A.Gray – bluebill
  Clematis pubescens Hügel ex Endl. – common clematis
  Clematis recta L. – ground clematis
  Clematis reticulata Walter – netleaf leather flower
  Clematis rhodocarpa Rose
  Clematis smilacifolia Wall.
  Clematis socialis Kral – Alabama leather flower
  Clematis stans Siebold & Zucc. – kusabotan
  Clematis tangutica (Maxim.) Korsh. – golden clematis
  Clematis terniflora DC. – sweet autumn clematis
  Clematis texensis Buckley – scarlet leather flower
  Clematis versicolor  – manycolored leather flower
  Clematis verticillaris  – purple virgins bower
  Clematis viorna L. – vasevine, traveller's joy
  Clematis virginiana L. – devil's darning needles, Virginia bower
  Clematis viridiflora Bertol.
  Clematis vitalba L. – traveller's joy, old man's beard
  Clematis viticaulis E.Steele – Millboro leather flower
  Clematis viticella L. – Italian leather flower, purple clematis
caption: Fruits of C. dioica in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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